KR20070087534A - System for processing multimedia message - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for processing multimedia messages is provided to generate a wireless bulletin board on a wireless MMBBS(Multimedia Message Bulletin Board System), and supply a personal MMBBS and a community MMBBS supporting an MMS(Multimedia Message Service) such as write, read, edit, add, delete and search of the multimedia message contents, so that a client can more easily utilize community activities having superior mobility and portability on a wireless network. A mobile communication service provider server receives a multimedia message, transmitted through a portable phone, through a mobile communication network, confirms whether a unique identifier is included in a receiving party number of the received multimedia message, and transmits the multimedia message to a multimedia contents processing server if the confirmed receiving party number is not a general portable phone number and is a number corresponding to a specific server including the unique identifier. A multimedia contents processing system extracts the multimedia contents from the multimedia message transmitted through the mobile communication service provider server, converts the extracted multimedia contents into a form suitable for bulletin and output at a specific server, and transmits the converted multimedia contents to the specific server.

Description

Multimedia message processing system {System for Processing Multimedia Message}

1 is a simple block diagram of a general MMS network configuration in which an MMBBS proposed by the present invention is mounted on an MMS wireless bulletin board server on a wired or wireless network.

2 is a simple flowchart of a process of registering a post with an MMBBS on an MMS network by an MMS agent on a wired or wireless network.

Figure 3 is a simple illustration of the WIMC of the type mounted inside the MMSC to effectively explain the MMBBS proposed by the present invention through the WIMC.

4 is a simple flowchart illustrating a process of registering an MMS sent by the calling MMS terminal to register with the MMBBS through the WIMC of the MMSC.

5 is a simple flowchart illustrating a process in which an MMS terminal receives a bulletin board service such as reading, adding, modifying, deleting, and searching for a post by accessing multimedia content registered in the MMBBS.

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100: MMS wireless bulletin board server 105: MMBBS

110: MMSP 115: bulletin board

120: MMS Agent 125: SMSC

130: MMSC 135: MMS branch processing unit

140: WIMC 145: MMBBS D / B

150: content D / B 155: mail server

The present invention relates to a method for providing a wireless bulletin board (WBB) service using a multimedia message service (MMS), and to a multimedia message service center (MMSC) for handling wireless multimedia messages. Creating a wireless bulletin board in an integrated multimedia message bulletin board system (MMBBS) and writing multimedia message contents through an MMS terminal and an MMS client (hereinafter referred to as MMS agent) that support MMS. , MMBBS for personal and community MMBBS such as reading, modifying, adding, deleting, and searching. The multimedia messages registered in the MMBBS are registered and retransmitted to other MMS agents on the wired / wireless Internet at the same time. Play the role of MMS and MMBBS between existing MMS agents. How to provide you performed.

MMS is a wireless data communication method established by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to support multimedia message delivery between person to person in a third generation wireless Internet environment. Wireless multimedia messages extended over wired and wireless networks to deliver and output all types of media formats including text, audio, image, and video to each MMS agent Provide a service method.

According to 3GPP, MMS basically follows the Internet Message Model to provide multimedia message services extended over wired and wireless networks, uses MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) for the transfer of data, and uses user profiles ( It provides the function to perform delivery and notification based on User Profile.

That is, the MMS plays a role of a non real-time multimedia message service that transmits a multimedia message regardless of whether a network is connected to a receiver and stores and forwards the transmitted multimedia message as described above. Do this.

However, the MMS standard only defines the basic content of the service, and the details are left to each company. That is, the 3GPP MMS standard defines only the MMS service aspects (Stage 1: Service Aspects of MMS (TR 22.140)) and MMS service function definition (Stage 2: Service Functional Description (TR 23.140)). The details (Stage 3) were assigned to companies that actually implement each function. Therefore, the multimedia message service environment (MMSE) may adopt a slightly different model according to the characteristics and policies of each company that actually implements the multimedia message service.

That is, MMSE of 3GPP supports only multimedia message exchange between MMS agents such as MMS terminal to MMS terminal, MMS terminal to MMS client, and MMS client to MMS client, and there is no function to support community in the MMSE configuration. Do not.

An object of the present invention to solve the above problems is to generate a wireless bulletin board in the Multimedia Message Bulletin Board System (MMBBS) linked to the Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC) in charge of wireless multimedia message processing Through the MMS terminal and MMS client supporting MMS (hereinafter referred to as MMS agent), it provides personal MMBBS such as writing, reading, modifying, adding, deleting and retrieving multimedia message contents and MMBBS for community. And a multimedia message service configured to simultaneously perform the role of MMS between the existing MMS agents and the role of MMBBS through a process of re-transmitting the multimedia message registered in the MMBBS to another MMS agent on the wired / wireless Internet. Wireless Bulletin Boa Using MMS rd (WBB) services.

The present invention relates to a method for providing a wireless bulletin board service using a multimedia message service, wherein an MMS agent on a wired / wireless network registers a multimedia message type post (hereinafter referred to as multimedia content) in an MMBBS through an MMS. The MMSC registers the multimedia message processed by branching the MMS targeting the private message board and the multimedia message wireless bulletin board between the existing MMS agents to the MMBBS, and registers the multimedia contents registered in the MMBBS to another MMS agent at the same time. Providing and managing personal-to-person MMS compatible with the multimedia content registered in the MMBBS through a process of delivering or notifying that the new multimedia content has been registered to the MMS agent having access to the MMBBS, and wired / wireless network Each of the MMS agents present in the above access to the multimedia content registered in the MMBBS as described above to receive a bulletin board service such as reading, adding, modifying, deleting and searching for the registered multimedia message, etc. .

According to the present invention, in the process of the MMS agent registers the multimedia content in the MMBBS and receives the bulletin board service by accessing the registered multimedia content, the MMSC provides an efficient multimedia wireless bulletin board service to the MMS agent The WIMC (Wireless Inter Message Center) for batch processing of the proposed MMBBS is mounted inside the MMSC, or provided by interworking with the MMSC and WIMC in the form of an external independent server. The WIMC manages only the MMS delivered to the MMBBS and transfers the MMS to the MMBBS in the step of delivering the MMS from each MMS agent on the wired / wireless network to the MMSC. It prevents collision between MMS targeting MMS and MMBBS and handles wrongly, and provides efficient and systematic multimedia message wireless bulletin board service for each MMS agent that wants to access MMBBS.

The MMBBS of the present invention may be mounted in the form of software that provides a wireless bulletin board service within the MMSC or mail server on the MMSE, or may be mounted in the form of an independent wireless bulletin board server existing on the MMSE or a wired or wireless network.

In addition, even in the case of existing bulletin boards on the wired and wireless Internet, the bulletin board on the wired and wireless Internet can be equipped with a function of interworking with MMSC, WIMC, etc., it is possible to perform the role of MMBBS proposed by the present invention.

In addition, the MMBBS includes both the role of the personal bulletin board and the role of the community bulletin board. Personal bulletin board is a kind of MMS backup tool for personal to personal MMS, and can play a role of automatically registering or backing up MMS sent from a specific MMS agent and MMS to MMBBS.

On the other hand, the community bulletin board is a tool in which a plurality of MMS agents share various information and contents, and all MMS agents existing on the wired / wireless network can access the MMBBS proposed by the present invention through a community joining process. However, the personal bulletin board and the community bulletin board only have a difference in the role of the bulletin board, and there is no difference in the MMBBS function proposed by the present invention.

Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the following drawings and descriptions are for representative methods among various methods for properly describing the present invention, and the present invention is not limited only to the following drawings and descriptions.

The following embodiment using the drawings and description is for a multimedia message wireless bulletin board in which MMBBS is mounted in the form of an independent wireless bulletin board server on an MMS network.

According to 3GPP, the MMS standard defines only the basic contents of the service, and the details are assigned to each company. As described above, the MMS network implementing MMS has different models according to characteristics and policies for each company. In the multimedia message wireless bulletin board system proposed by the present invention, a different model may be adopted according to the characteristics and policies of a company that provides a bulletin board service, and development tools and platforms.

That is, the multimedia wireless bulletin board proposed by the present invention may have a different form according to the characteristics, policies, development tools, and platforms of the company providing the bulletin board and the mobile operator operating the MMSC. It includes all kinds of wired and wireless bulletin board services using multimedia message service (MMS) proposed by 3GPP.

The following embodiment describes in detail the features of the multimedia message radio bulletin board proposed by the present invention through the most common MMS network model that can be adopted in the MMS model proposed by 3GPP for handling multimedia messages between individuals.

1 is a simple block diagram of a general MMS network configuration in which the MMBBS 105 of the present invention is mounted on an MMS wireless bulletin board server 100 on a wired or wireless network.

WAP Gateway is a system that acts as a buffer between wireless networks and wired networks based on the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), which is a wireless Internet protocol. Or decode (Decoding) serves to efficiently deliver the multimedia message between each MMS agent 120.

In addition, the Gateway encapsulates multimedia messages according to wired and wireless network environments, formats them, and optionally provides WAP push through message notification. To perform.

The Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 125 is a Short Message Entity (SME) including all kinds of wireless terminals capable of sending short messages and an SMS sending server, and all capable of receiving and processing the sent SMS. As a system that provides a function of exchanging the short message between wireless terminals of a kind, the SMSC 125 of MMSE interoperates with the SMS and the MMS through the Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP) protocol. It performs a role of notifying each MMS agent 120 of the various information generated in the process.

The Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC) 130 is a system that provides a function to process multimedia messages including text, audio, images, and video between each MMS agent 120, and supports MMS. Message transfer function between systems, media conversion function applied to wired and wireless environment, message notification function using SMS, message management function for reliable and efficient multimedia message processing, and message status for multimedia message processed through MMSC 130 It provides a check function and the like, the multimedia message processed as described above is provided to the MMS agent 120 on the wireless network through the WAP gateway.

The message forwarding capabilities of MMSC 130 include Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME), Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP), Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and VPIM. Multimedia messages between the MMS agent 120 through existing protocols such as Voice Profile for Internet Mail, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), or Post Office Protocol (POP).

In particular, the multimedia message transfer function between the MMS agent 120 through the protocol used in the existing wired and wireless Internet as described above can quickly transfer the existing bulletin board existing on the wired and wireless Internet to the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention. Means.

The media conversion function of the MMSC 130 includes image formats such as Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Bit MaP (BMP), and Wireless BMP (WBMP). Audio formats such as (MPeg layer 3), Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), and video such as Audio Video Interleaving (AVI), Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), Advanced Stream Format (ASF), and Windows Media Video (WMV). The format is converted to be optimized for each wired and wireless environment.

In particular, the media conversion function of the MMSC 130 is the content of the multimedia content provided to each multimedia agent provided to each multimedia agent through the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention of the content for the client on the wired Internet It means that quality can be maintained.

The message notification function of the MMSC 130 supports a non real-time multimedia message service that stores and forwards the MMS temporarily. New message arrival, message delivery status, and receiver are received through SMS. It is to notify each MMS agent 120 a message such as a message search and a message delivery error.

In particular, the message notification function of the MMSC 130 as described above is a function that can immediately notify the MMBBS 105 users that the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention has been registered, and which MMS agent 120 posts This means that the MMBBS 105 may provide a function of confirming to the registrant whether the access has been made.

The message management function of the MMSC 130 determines a message processing policy such as priority and validity period of a multimedia message to be delivered, provides a message delivery method such as a scheduled transmission or an attachment transmission for efficient message delivery, and processes the message. It provides management functions such as message filtering function to separate a message or reject a specific message.

In particular, the message management function of the MMSC 130 as described above means that there is a function that can provide an efficient wireless bulletin board service to the user of the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention.

The message status checking function of the MMSC 130 checks the processing status of multimedia messages such as message processing status, failure and success, and error generation upon failure, and performs a message processing policy according to each status.

In particular, the message status check function of the MMSC 130 as described above, for the post registered in the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention, the MMS agent 120 registered the post and the MMS agent 120 accessing the post ) May provide various additional functions provided by the MMBBS 105 such as who read the post and when.

In addition, the MMSC 130 provides a message processing solution optimized for each MMS agent 120 in order to effectively provide the multimedia content provided by the MMBBS 105 according to the present invention to each MMS agent 120. It is equipped with a function to select automatically.

For example, the MMSC 130 downloads the video to the MMS agent 120 once the MMBBS 105 provided by the present invention provides a video registered in the MMBBS 105 to the MMS agent 120. It is possible to support both a method of playing back and a method of directly streaming in the MMBBS 105 and the like.

The MMS branch processing unit 135 of the MMSC 130 transmits the MMS delivered from the respective MMS agents 120 to the MMSC 130 for the multimedia message between the existing person-to-person and the MMBBS 105 of the present invention. Branches and processes multimedia messages.

The MMS includes a unique identifier of a destination to be transmitted, and the MMS branch processing unit 135 includes subscriber information such as Home Location Register (HLR) / Visiting Location Register (VLR) or member information D / B of the mobile communication system. With reference to the above, after determining whether the multimedia message is a multimedia message between the existing person-to-person or the multimedia message for the MMBBS 105 of the present invention through the unique identifier of the MMS target included in the MMS as described above In the case of the existing multimedia message, the multimedia message is processed as a message exchange between individuals according to the MMS standard policy, and in the case of the multimedia message for the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention, the multimedia message is WIMC (140). Escalate to) and request processing.

The WIMC 140 is interworked with the MMSC 130 or with the MMSC 130 to efficiently provide the multimedia message wireless bulletin board service of the present invention to each MMS agent 120 existing on the wired / wireless network. As a multimedia message processing and management system, all multimedia message processing and management functions of the MMSC 130 described above are extended to be provided to the MMBBS 105.

That is, the WIMC 140 inherits all the multimedia message processing and management functions of the MMSC 130 as it is, and transfers messages between all MMS agents 120 and MMBBS 105 on a wired or wireless network, and media conversion applied to a wired or wireless environment. Function, a message notification function using SMS, a message management function for reliable and efficient MMBBS 105 processing, and a message status checking function for a multimedia message processed through MMBBS 105.

In order to efficiently process the MMBBS 105 of the present invention, the WIMC 140 includes an MMBBS D / B 145 and a content D / B 150.

The MMBBS D / B 145 is a D / B that stores information on the MMBBS 105 managed by the WIMC 140 of the MMSC 130, and the WIMC 140 stores the MMBBS 105 to which the MMS is to be delivered. It serves to provide the reference information necessary for selection, and the content D / B 150 transmits the MMS that the WIMC 140 transmits to the MMBBS 105 and registers it to each MMS agent 120 at the same time as the registration. As a D / B for temporarily storing the MMS, the MMS registers the MMS with the MMBBS 105 and at the same time plays a role of ensuring the reliability of the MMS and the efficiency of processing. To perform.

The mail server 155 is a system that provides a multimedia message processed by the MMSC 130 on the MMSE to the MMS agent 120 on a wired / wireless network through a service in the form of an e-mail. It serves to provide an efficient multimedia message delivery function for all kinds of MMS agent 120, including.

In particular, the mail server provides multimedia message processing between the MMS client of the wired environment and the MMS terminal of the wireless environment, and supports the temporary storage and forwarding function of the MMSC 130 to be efficiently processed even in the wired environment, and MMS like the SMSC. It provides a role of notifying the MMS client of various information generated in the service process.

The MMS wireless bulletin board server 100 is a server on an MMS network equipped with the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention in an embodiment of the present invention, and the MMS wireless bulletin board server 100 or the MMS wireless bulletin board server 100 is internal. The MMBBS 105 mounted in the is connected to a wireless environment through the MMSE proposed by 3GPP, and is flexibly extended to be accessible even in a wired environment through the Internet.

The MMBBS 105 is a multimedia message wireless bulletin board proposed by the present invention, and may be mounted on an independent wireless bulletin board server on an MMS network as shown in FIG. 1, or may be mounted together with the WIMC 140 inside the MMSC 130. The bulletin board on the network may be mounted in the form of interworking with the MMSC 130 and the WIMC 140.

That is, according to the present invention, various kinds of multimedia message wireless bulletin board services may be provided according to the location where the MMBBS 105 is mounted on the wired or wireless network.

According to the present invention, the MMBBS 105 may take various forms depending on the topology of the wired / wireless network, the characteristics and policies of the company implementing the MMBBS 105, and the development tools and platforms, but basically the multimedia presented by the present invention. The message wireless bulletin board is composed of an MMSP (Multimedia Message Service Pack) 110 and a bulletin board 115 that interoperate with the WIMC 140 mounted inside the MMSC 130 of the MMSE.

The MMSP 110 is a multimedia message wireless bulletin board extension solution that serves to link the bulletin board 115 to the WIMC 140 of the MMSC 130. As shown in FIG. In the case of the bulletin board, any type of bulletin board on the existing wired / wireless network and the Internet may provide a function of the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention through the MMSP 110 optimized for the bulletin board platform.

Bulletin Board System (BBS) 115 allows MMS agents 120 connected via wired and wireless networks to exchange information or letters, communicate, open queries and responses, share open programs, and search for posts. As a system built to be able to include, the bulletin board newly developed for the multimedia message wireless bulletin board, as well as all bulletin board existing on the existing wired and wireless network and the Internet.

In particular, existing bulletin boards on the wired and wireless network and the Internet may serve as the multimedia message radio bulletin board proposed by the present invention by the multimedia message radio bulletin board expansion solution optimized for the bulletin board, such as the MMSP 110 described above.

Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be described in detail with a simple illustration and a flowchart.

However, the following flow chart is for the multimedia message wireless bulletin board service for the MMS terminal accessing through the wireless network among the MMS agent 120 to efficiently explain the features of the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention through the MMS. .

If the MMS client accesses the MMBBS 105 of the present invention through a wired network and the Internet, the MMS client may access the MMBBS 105 of the present invention through a wired network and the Internet. .

2 is a simple flowchart of a process of registering a post with an MMBBS 105 on an MMS network by an MMS agent 120 on a wired or wireless network.

The MMS terminal user capable of processing multimedia messages via the MMS switches his MMS terminal to the MMS service mode (200), and whether the transmission target of the MMS to be transmitted from the MMS terminal is the MMBBS 105 of the present invention; Otherwise, it is determined whether it is another MMS agent capable of accepting the MMS (205).

If the object to which the MMS is to be transmitted is the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention (210), the MMSC 130 or the WMSC 140 mounted on the MMSC 130, etc. MMS that is delivered from the originating MMS terminal 215 inputs a unique identifier of the MMBBS 105 that can be branched and processed to deliver to the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention.

However, if the destination to which the MMS is to be transmitted is the existing MMS agent 120 corresponding to the transmission of the multimedia message between individuals (220) (220), the calling MMS terminal is the receiving MMS agent on the wired or wireless network to which the multimedia message is to be transmitted ( A unique identifier for 120 is entered (225).

According to the present invention, the unique identifier is unique identification information for the object to which the MMS is to be transmitted, and is unique to the MMS receiving side in the form of a number such as a telephone number, a serial number, or an Internet Protocol Number corresponding to IPv4 and IPv6. And all kinds of MMS receiving side unique identification information including an identification number and an MMS receiving side unique identification character such as an address, a domain name, or a nickname on a wired or wireless network.

That is, the unique identifier of the present invention means recognition information for the MMSC 130 or the WIMC 140 to classify and process the device receiving the MMS on the MMS network.

In addition, the unique identifier includes all kinds of special symbols and voice and image pattern information that can be input from the wireless terminal, including the above-described unique identification number and unique recognition character.

That is, in the unique identifier used in the present invention, the unique identifier of the MMS receiver input from the MMS terminal includes not only input information in the form of numbers or letters, but also commands and image scan information through voice. The unique identifier of the MMBBS 105 includes all the information for accessing the MMBBS 105 existing on the wired and wireless network through the MMBBS D / B 145 of the WIMC 140 mounted on the MMSC 130. do.

For example, a numeric unique identifier in the form of a telephone number 01x-1234-5678 as well as voice information "our bulletin board" may also serve as a unique identifier for the MMBBS proposed by the present invention.

When the MMSC 130 or the WIMC 140 receives a unique identifier capable of delivering the multimedia message transmitted from the MMS terminal to the MMBBS 105 through the above process, the MMS terminal transmits the multimedia message to the MMBBS 105. It is determined whether to deliver to the specific MMS agent 120 at the same time as the registration (230).

The MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention performs both the personal bulletin board and the community bulletin board as described above.

For example, the personal bulletin board serves to back up the MMS transmitted and received to the specific MMS agent 100.

Therefore, when the calling MMS terminal sends the MMS to the specific MMS agent 100 in the personal bulletin board, the MMS must be registered with the personal bulletin board and deliver the MMS to the receiving MMS agent 120 at the same time. .

In addition, even in the case of a community bulletin board, if the MMS registered in the MMBBS 105 should be delivered to the specific MMS agent 120 at the same time, the MMS should be registered in the MMBBS 105 and delivered to the corresponding MMS agent.

Accordingly, if the calling MMS terminal wants to transfer the MMS to another MMS agent at the same time as registering with the MMBBS, it includes a registration & delivery option for delivering the MMS to another MMS agent at the same time as registering with the MMS (235).

However, if there is no need to transfer the MMS to another MMS agent at the same time as the registration, the calling MMS terminal skips the above registration & delivery option setting process. Detailed description of the registration & delivery option will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

If the MMBBS 105 unique identifier and registration & delivery option are set in the calling MMS terminal through the above process (240), the calling MMS terminal creates a multimedia message to be registered in the MMBBS 105, and 3GPP The MMS is transmitted to the MMSC 130 according to the MMS standard protocol established in step 245.

When the MMS is received from the originating MMS terminal to the MMSC 130 (250), the MMS branch processing unit 135 of the MMSC determines whether the multimedia message transmitted from the originating wireless terminal is for exchanging multimedia between existing individuals and individuals. After determining whether it is a multimedia message for the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention, the multimedia message is branched and processed according to the determined MMS processing result (255).

If the MMS branch processing unit 135 is set to register the received MMS to the MMBBS 105 presented by the present invention to register on the bulletin board (260), the MMS branch processing unit 135 through the WIMC (140) The MMS is forwarded to the MMBBS 105 (265).

On the contrary, if the MMS is not set to be registered and delivered to the MMBBS 105 (270), the MMSC 130 according to the existing MMS delivery method for the purpose of exchanging multimedia messages between individuals established by 3GPP. The MMS delivered as described above is delivered to the receiving MMS agent 120 (275).

3 is a simple illustration of the WIMC 140 mounted inside the MMSC 105 in order to effectively explain the MMBBS 105 of the present invention through the WIMC 140.

However, as described above, the WIMC 140 of the present invention is not limited to the structure of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is for a representative method for effectively explaining the function of the WIMC 140.

When the calling MMS terminal sends the MMS through the process as shown in Fig. 2, the multimedia message is sent to the MMS receiver 300 of the MMSC 130 via the WAP gateway through a mobile switching center (MSC) of the mobile communication system. Delivered.

As described above, the MMS delivered to the MMS receiver 300 of the MMSC 130 is controlled by the MMSC 130 based on a temporary store and forward rule established by 3GPP for effective multimedia message exchange for continuous communication. Is temporarily stored in the MMS D / B 305.

As described above, the MMS stored in the MMS D / B 305 of the MMSC 130 is received through the MMS processing unit 310 or the MMBBS through the WIMC 140 for the wireless message board of the multimedia message proposed by the present invention. 105, and then deleted.

The WIMC 140 is mounted inside the MMSC 130 as shown in FIG. 3 or implemented through separate hardware interworking with the MMSC 130. The WIMC 140 is an MMS branch processing unit of the MMSC 130. 135).

According to FIG. 3, the WIMC 140 basically includes a multimedia message receiver 315, a multimedia content extractor 320, an MMBBS information extractor 325, an MMBBS controller 330, a content D / B 150, and an MMBBS. D / B 145, and multimedia content processing unit 335 and the like.

The multimedia message receiving unit 315 serves to receive the multimedia message received from the MMS branch processing unit 135 to the MMSC 130 to the WIMC 140, and the multimedia message transmitted to the multimedia message receiving unit 315 is MMBBS information. The MMBBS 105 information to be transmitted is extracted through the extractor 325, and the multimedia content to be registered in the MMBBS 105 is extracted by the multimedia content extractor 320.

The multimedia content extractor 320 extracts the actual multimedia content to be registered in the MMBBS 105 from the multimedia message received by the multimedia message receiver 315 and extracts the multimedia content extracted by the multimedia content extractor 320. The content is stored in the content D / B 150 until the WIMC 140 completes a series of tasks for the multimedia message.

The content D / B 150 serves to temporarily store the multimedia content extracted by the multimedia content extraction unit 320, and the multimedia content is transmitted to the MMBBS 105 and registered normally, and the multimedia message is stored in the corresponding multimedia message. The multimedia content is stored until a series of scheduled tasks are completed.

For example, if the multimedia message includes a post-registration delivery option, the multimedia content stored in the content D / B 150 is registered in the MMBBS 105 and sent to each receiving MMS agent included in the multimedia message. The multimedia content is temporarily stored until the transmission is completed.

If the real-time transmission to a specific MMS agent is impossible during transmission, the content D / B 150 stores the multimedia content until the transmission is completed through a series of retransmission processes.

The MMBBS information extractor 325 extracts information, such as a unique identifier of the MMBBS 105, from the multimedia message delivered to the multimedia message receiver 315, and then uniquely identifies the MMBBS 105 stored in the MMBBS D / B 145. It compares with the recognizer and decides and manages the target to which the multimedia contents are delivered.

The MMBBS D / B 145 is a D / B that stores information on the MMBBS 105 managed by the WIMC 140. The MMBBS D / B 145 is a unique identifier for each MMBBS 105 and the MMBBS 105 of the corresponding MMBBS 105. Platform, bulletin board management tools, and MMBBS 105 system information such as bulletin board types and locations on the Internet, and the multimedia content processing unit 335 to extract the multimedia content extracted from the multimedia content extraction unit 320 MMBBS (105) Provides the reference information needed to pass to

The MMBBS control unit 330 performs a multimedia message transmission and reception function for the MMBBS 105 and a message generated during the multimedia message processing for the MMBBS 105 while each MMS agent 120 approaches the MMBBS 105. It performs the processing and management functions and manages the control access to the MMBBS 105, and if the registration option such as the post delivery option or the forwarding option is set in the multimedia message delivered from the originating MMS agent, It performs the role of processing multimedia content according to the option.

The multimedia content processing unit 335 serves to apply transmission and reception and control access of the multimedia message managed by the MMBBS control unit 330 to the MMBBS 105, and acquires changed contents in each MMBBS 105 to obtain the WIMC 140. It performs the role of updating to the MMBBS D / B (145).

4 is a simple flowchart of a process of registering an MMS sent by the calling MMS terminal to register with the MMBBS 105 through the WIMC 140 of the MMSC 130.

If the MMS branch processing unit 135 of the MMSC 130 requests to register and transfer the MMS transmitted from the MMS terminal to the MMBBS 105 through the WIMC 140 through the process as shown in FIG. 2 (400), the WIMC 140 The multimedia message receiver 315 extracts the multimedia content to be registered in the MMBBS 105 through the multimedia content extractor 320 and temporarily stores the multimedia content in the content D / B 150, and then extracts the MMBBS information 325. The MMS sender information and various setting option information included in the multimedia message are extracted, and a unique identifier for the MMBBS 105 to which the MMS is transmitted and registered is extracted (405).

When the MMBBS 105 information is extracted from the MMS transmitted from the originating MMS terminal through the process, the MMBBS information extraction unit 325 of the WIMC 140 may extract the MMBBS (MMBBS) through the MMBBS D / B 145. 105) Verify that there is a unique identifier and corresponding MMBBS 105.

If the MMBBS 105 does not have MMBBS 105 information corresponding to the MMBBS 105 unique identifier extracted from the originating MMS terminal (410), the MMBBS 105 unique identifier may be mishandled or wired or wireless. This is the case when the MMBBS 105 does not exist on the network. Accordingly, when the above problem occurs, the WIMC 140 transmits and outputs an MMBBS 105 registration processing error message for the MMS to the calling MMS terminal via SMS (415).

On the other hand, the MMBBS information extraction unit 325 of the WIMC 140 corresponds to the MMBBS 105 unique identifier extracted from the multimedia message received from the multimedia message receiver 315 via the MMBBS D / B 145 ( When it is confirmed that the 105 exists, the MMBBS control unit 330 of the WIMC 140 transmits the MMS caller information to the MMSP 110 of the corresponding MMBBS 105 through the multimedia content processing unit 335, The sender checks whether a bulletin board registration authority exists in the MMBBS 105 (425).

If, in the process, the MMS sender confirms that the authority to register a post in the MMBBS 150 exists (430), the multimedia message receiver 315 of the WIMC 140 is the multimedia content extraction unit 320 The multimedia content received through the MMBBS 105 is transmitted to the MMBBS 105 to extract and process the multimedia content to register (435).

On the other hand, if there is no registration authority of the MMS sender for the MMBBS 105 through the process (440), the MMBBS control unit 330 of the WIMC 140 is MMBBS 105 registration processing for the MMS via SMS The error message is sent to the calling MMS terminal and outputted (415).

When the multimedia content extraction unit 320 of the WIMC 140 extracts and processes multimedia content to be registered and transmitted to the MMBBS 105 through the above process, the MMBBS control unit 330 of the WIMC 140 registers and delivers the MMS. Check whether the option is set (445).

In general, registration and forwarding options applied to the MMS for the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention include a record and forward option and a forward and record option.

The post-registration delivery option is that the WIMC 140 first registers the MMS with the MMBBS 105 through the MMSP 110, and then delivers the registered multimedia message to the receiving MMS agent included in the MMS setting option. The post registration option is that the WIMC 140 delivers the extracted multimedia message to the receiving MMS agent included in the MMS setting option, and then registers the delivered multimedia message in the MMBBS 105.

For example, when the MMBBS 105 serves as a community bulletin board, the MMS transmitted by the calling MMS terminal is first registered with the MMBBS 105 and then needs to access the registered MMS first. It is efficient to use the method of registration and delivery to MMS agent.

Alternatively, when the MMBBS 105 serves as a personal bulletin board, the MMS transmitted by the calling MMS terminal should be delivered to the receiving MMS agent first, and then registered after the transfer of the delivered MMS to the MMBBS 105. It is efficient to use the method.

According to FIG. 2, the MMBBS control unit 330 of the WIMC 140 checks whether the delivery option is set after registration in the MMS setting option applied to the MMS transmitted from the originating MMS terminal.

If the post-registration delivery option is set in the MMS setting option (450), the multimedia content processing unit 335 of the WIMC 140 registers the multimedia content extracted from the MMS with the MMBBS 105 in order to register the MMSP (105). 110) (455).

As described above, the multimedia content transferred from the WIMC 140 to the MMSP 110 of the MMBBS 105 is registered in the bulletin board of the MMBBS 105 through the MMSP 110 (460), and the registered multimedia content is WIMC. It is forwarded to the receiving MMS agent included in the MMS setting option by the 140 (465).

However, if the post-registration option is not set in the MMS setting option applied to the MMS delivered from the calling MMS terminal, the MMBBS control unit 330 of the WIMC 140 checks whether the registration option is set after the MMS is delivered. (470).

If the registration option is set after delivery to the MMS in the process (475), the MMBBS control unit 330 of the WIMC 140 transfers the multimedia message to the receiving MMS agent included in the MMS setting option (480). ).

The MMSP 110 transmits the delivered multimedia message to the MMBBS 105 (485), and through the multimedia content processor 335 of the WIMC 140 to the MMSP 110 of the MMBBS 105. The delivered multimedia content is registered in the bulletin board of the MMBBS 105 through the MMSP 110 (490).

If the post-registration option is not set in the MMS setting option and the post-registration option is not set, the multimedia message is registered in the MMBBS 105 without being delivered to the receiving MMS agent. will be.

Therefore, the multimedia content for which the registration & delivery option is not set as described above is delivered to the MMSP 110 of the MMBBS 105 without being delivered to the receiving MMS agent, and the multimedia delivered to the MMSP 110 as described above. The content is registered in the bulletin board of the MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention.

As described above, the multimedia content delivered from the originating MMS terminal through the post-registration delivery option, post-delivery registration option, or pure MMBBS 105 registration option is transmitted through the MMSP 110 of the MMBBS 105 through the MMBBS 105. When registered in the bulletin board, the WIMC 140 transmits and outputs an MMS registration processing result message to the calling MMS terminal via SMS (495).

5 is a simple flowchart illustrating a process in which an MMS terminal receives a bulletin board service such as reading, adding, modifying, deleting, and searching for a post by accessing multimedia content registered in the MMBBS 105.

The MMS terminal user switches his MMS terminal to the MMS service mode in order to receive the multimedia message wireless bulletin board service for the MMBBS 105 of the present invention (500), and the MMBBS 105 on the wired / wireless network through the MMS terminal. Access to the multimedia content registered in the) to determine whether the control access to provide the bulletin board service (505).

In the present invention, the control access to the MMBBS 105 means that the MMS terminal accesses the MMBBS 105 to read, add, modify, delete, and delete a post including multimedia content registered in the multimedia message wireless bulletin board. Receive bulletin board services such as search.

If the MMS terminal decides to control access to the specific MMBBS 105 proposed by the present invention (510), the MMS terminal is a unique identifier of the MMBBS 105 to control access, the MMS terminal is the MMBBS 105 Input the bulletin board access information such as ID and password necessary to access the bulletin board (515).

As described above, when the MMS terminal user's unique identifier and bulletin board access information, etc. are input to the MMS terminal, the MMS terminal sends a bulletin board to the MMBBS 105 corresponding to the unique identifier through the MMS. The access information is transmitted (520).

The bulletin board access information transmitted to the MMBBS 105 corresponding to the MMBBS 105 unique identifier through the MMS is transmitted to the MMSC 130 of the MMSE, the MMS branch processing unit 135 of the MMSC 130 is the multimedia message The multimedia message targeted to the MMBBS 105 is transmitted to the WIMC 140.

The WIMC 140 extracts the unique identifier for the MMBBS 105 and the MMBBS 105 information from the multimedia message delivered as described above, and then, through the MMBBS information extraction unit 325 of the WIMC 140, the MMBBS D / From B 145 it is checked if there is an MMBBS 105 corresponding to the MMBBS 105 unique identifier (525).

If the MMBBS information extraction unit 325 of the WIMC 140 confirms that the MMBBS 105 corresponding to the MMBBS 105 unique identifier exists through the MMBBS D / B 145 (530), the WIMC ( The MMBBS control unit 330 of 140 extracts the bulletin board access information including the MMS terminal user information and the ID and password included in the multimedia message through the multimedia content extraction unit 320 (535).

On the other hand, if the MMBBS 105 corresponding to the unique identifier of the MMBBS 105 does not exist (540), the MMBBS control unit 330 of the WIMC 140 access error to the MMBBS 105 to the MMS terminal via SMS. The message is transmitted and output (545).

When the bulletin board access information corresponding to the unique identifier of the MMBBS 105 is extracted through the above process, the multimedia content processing unit 335 of the WIMC 140 sends the extracted bulletin board access information to the MMSP 110 of the MMBBS 105. MMS terminal user to check whether the authority to access the bulletin board of the MMBBS 105 exists (550).

If the MMS terminal has the authority to access the MMBBS 105 in the above process, the MMSP 110 generates a bulletin board access menu to access the MMBBS 105 in the form of MMS MMSC (130) The WIMC 140 transmits to the MMS terminal (555).

However, if the MMS terminal does not have permission to access the MMBBS 105 (560), the WIMC 140 transmits and outputs an access error message for the MMBBS 105 to the MMS terminal via SMS (545). .

* When the bulletin board access menu for receiving the bulletin board service for the MMBBS 105 through the above process is transmitted to the MMS terminal in the form of MMS, the MMS terminal transmits the MMBBS 105 through the bulletin board access menu in the MMS form. The user receives bulletin board services such as reading, adding, modifying, deleting, and searching for, and performs necessary tasks by accessing the wireless message board of the multimedia message proposed by the present invention through an interface provided by the bulletin board access menu (565). ).

According to the present invention, the process of providing a bulletin board service by the MMS terminal from the MMBBS 105 is repeated until the access of the MMS terminal to the MMBBS 105 is terminated.

If the MMS terminal terminates the access to the bulletin board (570), the WIMC 140 of the MMSC 130 and the MMSP 110 of the MMBBS 105 may use the MMBBS 105 bulletin board usage information for the MMS terminal. By deleting the right, the MMBBS 105 service proposed by the present invention is normally terminated (575).

According to the present invention, a wireless message board is created in a multimedia message wireless bulletin board system, and an MMS terminal and an MMS client supporting multimedia message service (MMS) write, read, modify, add, delete, and delete multimedia message contents. By providing personal MMBBS such as search, MMBBS for community, and the like, the client has an advantage of making it easier to utilize community activities on a wireless network that is highly mobile and portable.

In addition, the service provider that provides the service has the advantage that can secure a large number of users by providing a higher level and more accessible community services.

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After receiving a multimedia message transmitted through a mobile phone through a mobile communication network, it is determined whether a unique identifier is included in a receiving party number of the received multimedia message, and the identified receiving party number is uniquely recognized as a general mobile phone number. A mobile communication server for transmitting the multimedia message to a multimedia content processing server when the number corresponds to a specific server including a self; Extract the multimedia content from the multimedia message transmitted through the mobile communication company server, convert the extracted multimedia content into a form suitable for posting and output in the specific server, and then converts the multimedia content (or the converted process) And a multimedia content processing system for processing a multimedia message including multimedia content) to be transmitted to the specific server. Multimedia message receiving means for receiving a multimedia message transmitted through a mobile phone through a mobile communication network; Check whether the receiving party number of the received multimedia message includes a unique identifier, and if the identified receiving party number is a number corresponding to a specific server including a unique identifier rather than a general mobile phone number, the multimedia message Multimedia message branch processing means for transmitting the multimedia content processing means; Extract the multimedia content from the multimedia message, convert the wireless environment of the extracted multimedia content into a wired environment suitable for output from the specific server, and then convert the multimedia content (or converted multimedia content) Multimedia content processing means for processing the multimedia message) to be transmitted to the specific server. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content processing server, Multimedia message processing system, characterized in that included in the carrier system or located in a position independent from the carrier system. The method of claim 2, And a message transmitting means for processing the predetermined message indicating that the multimedia content (or multimedia message) has been posted in a predetermined posting area in the specific server to be transmitted to the mobile phone or the second mobile phone of the multimedia message. Multimedia message processing system. The method of claim 2, And multimedia message processing means for processing the multimedia content (or multimedia message) to be transmitted to a second mobile phone in addition to the specific server. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the multimedia message, Is a message that contains video content, or Is a message that contains image content, or Is a message that contains a mixture of video and text, or Multimedia message processing system, characterized in that the message that contains a mixture of images and text.

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